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Des Moines Sunday Register DM Sunday, October 8, 2006 Page 5C COLLEGE FOOTBALL REPORT NO. 7 TEXAS 2 NO. 14 OKLAHOMA V) A STANDINGS Big 12 Conference LONGH0RNS28 SOONERS 10 CONF. ALL CYCLONE REPORT Gornhuskers find they can run with Cyclones NORTH PF PA MISSOURI 2 0 6 0 205 71 NEBRASKA 2 0 5 1 238 98 KANSAS ST. 1 1 4 2 132 98 IOWA STATE 0 2 3 3 134172 KANSAS 0 2 3 3 164141 COLORADO 0 2 0 6 80 130 SOUTH CONF.

ALL PF PA TEXAS 2 0 5 1 236 65 BAYLOR 2 0 3 3 140115 TEXAS 1 1 5 1 207 97 TEXAS TECH 1 1 4 2 190115 OKLAHOMA 0 1 3 2 163 99 OKLA. STATE 0 1 3 2 187 90 Ik I Li ning backs Brandon Jackson and Cody Glenn to carry the load. Part of the reason, Taylor said, was the steady 10- to 15-mph wind throughout the game. "It was particularly tough in the first and second quarters," Taylor said. "That was also when we figured out how well we could run the ball." The two running backs combined for 264 yards.

Overall, the Cornhuskers had 382 yards and only one turnover a Taylor fumble in the third quarter. "I have to give a lot of credit to our offensive line," Jackson said. "They just stuck with it and we had a lot of success." Jackson said he didn't anticipate running the ball so frequently, but was ready to do it again. "If they want to run the ball a lot, I think that would be great," he said. "I know all of us would like that." But Callahan also said that a key play was Taylor's 27-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Maurice Purify with 3 seconds left in the first half.

Purify caught the pass despite close coverage by Cyclone defensive back Chris Singleton. "I thought that was the play that set the table for the second half," Callahan said. "Zac picked up the corner blitz and found the right matchup. It was a great job selecting the matchup, delivering the ball and picking up the blitz." But Callahan also said the running game allowed Nebraska to keep the game under control and the second-largest crowd in Iowa State football history from getting too involved in the game. "We were in a hostile envi-ronment and it was loud," Callahan said.

"We ran the ball to take the crowd out of it and I thought we did a really good job of it." TONY GUTIERREZASSOCIATED PRESS Texas quarterback Colt McCoy celebrates his touchdown pass to Limas Sweed in the second quarter against Oklahoma with center Lyle Sendlein (62) on Saturday. ip loras ByTOMWITOSKY REGISTER STAFF WRITER Ames, la. Nebraska football coach Bill Callahan couldn't remember the last time one of his teams threw only five passes in a half, but that didn't seem to bother him much after Nebraska's 28-14 victory over Iowa State on Saturday. "We weren't being stubborn," said Callahan, who brought the pass-happy West Coast offense to Lincoln three years ago. "But we had a good lead.

We ran the ball effectively in the first half and a series of things that we got done correctly. We just stayed committed to it." If Callahan remains this committed to a Cornhusker offense that runs the ball 45 times in a game compared with 21 passes, someone will think that Bob Devaney might be roaming the sidelines again. The victory was Nebraska's first in Ames since 2000. Callahan said he thought the team responded well to the challenge of a road game after having to go to overtime the week before to beat Kansas. "It was a huge win because road wins don't come too often in the Big 12 North," Callahan said.

"Iowa State left it all out there and we knew they were going to give us their best." As for the Cornhuskers' game plan, three players indicated that the emphasis on the running game was the product of the flow of the game. "We thought we would be more balanced than we were, but that was what the game dictated," said quarterback Zac Taylor, who completed 17-of-21 passes for 131 yards and one key touchdown. "But we were having some real success running the ball so we stayed with it." Taylor threw only five passes in the second half as the Cornhusker offense relied on run OTHER BIG MISSOURI 38, TEXAS TECH 21 Lubbock, Texas Chase Daniel threw for 171 yards and a touchdown, and Missouri returned two interceptions for scores as the 23rd-ranked Tigers improved to 6-0 for the first time in 33 years. Missouri's defense set up most of the scoring. Four turnovers two interceptions and two fumbles by Tech quarterback Graham Harrell led to 28 points for the Tigers, who came into the game ranked No.

10 in the nation in total defense. KANSAS ST. 31, OKLA. ST. 27 Manhattan, Kan.

Freshman quarterback Josh Freeman got rolling late in his first start, running for a 21 -yard touchdown with 1 :11, left to help Kansas State rally. Leon Patton, another freshman making his first start for the Wildcats, ran for 151 rat ml firef-ha SATURDAY'S RESULTS Baylor 34, Colorado 31 30T Kansas State 31, Oklahoma State 27 Missouri 38, Texas Tech 21 Nebraska 28, Iowa State 14 Texas 28, Oklahoma 10 Texas 21, Kansas 18 SATURDAY, OCT. 14 1:00 Missouri at Texas TBA Texas Tech at Colorado TBA Nebraska at Kansas State TBA Baylor at Texas TBA Iowa State at Oklahoma TBA Oklahoma State at Kansas SATURDAY, OCT. 21 6:00 Texas at Oklahoma St. TBA Kansas at Baylor Texas at Nebraska TBA Kansas State at Missouri TBA Texas Tech at Iowa State TBA Colorado at Oklahoma SATURDAY'S BEST PASSING C-A Yds TD Harrell, Tex.

Tech 39-55 342 Bell, Baylor Meyer, ISU McGee, Thompson, Okla. RUSHING 31-44 18-38 272 262 240 25-45 14-26 198 Att. Yds TD Patton, KSU 21 151 1 Glenn, Nebraska 19 148 2 Cornish, Kansas 23 128 0 Jackson, Nebraska 22 116 1 Toston.OSU 14 109 1 RECEIVING No. Yds TD Filani, Texas Tech Blythe, ISU Moreira, KSU Franklin, Missouri Amendola, TT 11 6 4 5 114 96 95 90 79 QUICK SNAPS Kansas getting used to late losses Lawrence, Kan. Kansas lost in the final minute to Texas 21-18 Saturday.

It was the third heartbreaker for the Jayhawks (3-3, 0-2), who lost in overtime at Toledo and Nebraska. "It happens," said fullback Brandon McAnderson. "You've just got to get over it, get ready for the next week. It's not an unfamiliar position for us, sadly enough." OKLAHOMA IMPLODES: With four fourth-quarter turnovers, No. 14 Oklahoma turned a possible comeback into certain defeat, falling to Texas 28-10.

First, Juaquin Iglesias let the ball squirt out of his arms in the red zone. Then Adrian Peterson hesitated as a toss from quarterback Paul Thompson ruled to be a lateral bounded toward the end zone and was recovered by Aaron Ross for a touchdown. And finally Thompson threw two interceptions to seal the loss in the Red River Shootout. He called the giveaways and a season-high 11 penalties for 72 yards "self-inflicted wounds." "It'd be different if we came out there and they were making big plays and stuff like that. But when you do it to yourself, that does make It hurt more," Iglesias said.

12 GAMES yards and one touchdown and returned a kickoff 95 yards for another score. Safety Marcus Watts also had a huge game for the Wildcats, who trailed 27-17 with just over three minutes left. BAYLOR 34, COLORADO 31 Boulder, Colo. Colorado matched its longest losing streak in 117 years of football, falling in triple overtime to Baylor for its 10th straight loss. Ryan Havens made a 22-yard field goal for the lead and linebacker Joe Pawelek clinched the win with a leaping interception in the end zone to help the Bears win back-to-back Big 12 games for the first time since joining the conference in 1996.

TEXAS 21, KANSAS 18 Lawrence, Kan. Stephen McGee engineered an 80-yard touchdown drive in the final three minutes for the Aggies. of interceptions that ended the Sooners' final two drives. McCoy's numbers were mediocre ll-of-18 for 108 yards, plus 1 1 more rushing but his poise was off the charts. He overcame an awful second quarter and never turned the ball over.

"When we've come out of this game with a huge deficit, it's usually been because of turnovers, Texas coach Mack Brown said. "Today, they lost five and we lost none. And that's why the game got to where it is." During the five-game losing streak to Oklahoma, Brown was labeled as being outsmarted by Sooners coach Bob Stoops. He didn't even get all the credit last year's victory be cause Young soaked it all up This time, Brown made his mark by making sure the Longhorns didn't let one rough patch overwhelm them. Texas let an early 7-0 lead slip away by giving up a touchdown and a field goal on Oklahoma final two drives of the first half.

The worst part was that the offense gained only 1 yard the entire second quarter, wasting great field position. Brown thought offensive coordinator Greg Davis was being too conservative with McCoy, so he told him at half-time to let the kid loose. It goes to Glenn and Brandon Jackson, the second coming of Mike Rozier and Ahman Green, the reason Nebraska was perfectly content to kick it old-school, jabbing Iowa State on the ground with sweeps and draws. Was that "Wild" Bill Callahan over on the visiting sidelines? Or Frank Solich? No. You're not allowed to complain about the officiating when your defense allows the other guy to pile up 251 rushing yards.

Spin this night however you like, but it wasn't the refs that took Iowa State out of this ballgame. It was the Huskers' offensive line. Columnist Sean Keeler can be reached at (515) 284-8102 or at skeelerdmreg.com By JAIME ARON ASSOCIATED PRESS Dallas, Texas Colt McCoy probably doesn't realize how quickly things have changed in the Texas-Oklahoma rivalry. Not long ago, the No. 7 Long-horns were the ones getting outhustled, outcoached and flat-out beat.

Now, it's the No. 14 Sooners who are finding ways to lose like having their best player give up on a loose ball near his end zone with the game still on the line in the fourth quarter. Adrian Peterson thought the ball bouncing off his hands meant an incomplete pass, not a fumbled lateral. Texas cornerback Aaron Ross wasn't sure, but scooped it up and scored just in case, and wound up with the touchdown that sealed a 28-10 victory Saturday in the 101st edition of the Red River rivalry. "I'm just sitting there like, 'What the, you know, is going Peterson said after the game, still puzzled by what happened.

Such confusion was typical for the Longhorns (5-1, 2-0 Big 12) from 2000-04 in their annual meeting with the Sooners. Between blowout losses and tight finishes, Oklahoma (3-2, 0-1) always made all the right moves. McCarney's ear to try that fake field goal on fourth-and-7 from the Nebraska 1 1 when the Cyclones needed points. The head linesman didn't tell Iowa State's front seven not to tackle Huskers I-back Cody Glenn. Nebraska was better.

Is better. Better on paper. Better in the flesh. The talent gap? Back. Speed gap? Back.

Physical gap? Back. With a vengeance. Move on. Stop replaying the phantom touchdowns in your mind until your head spins. Give the tired "everybody's-out-to-get-the-Cyclones" conspiracy theories a rest.

For sanity's sake, get your mind off that play from early in the second half from the Cornhuskers' 29-yard line. The one where Bret Meyer I i Texas head coach Mack Brown gets a Gatorade bath courtesy of his team on Saturday. A lot of showers Texas coaches have probably seen more post-game showers than their Sooner counterparts during the series. Texas has won the last two games against Oklahoma and are ahead overall in the series with their rival: Odd. Oklahoma 57 39 5 Vince Young turned things around for Texas last year.

McCoy kept it going this year. A redshirt freshman who watched Young from the sideline last year, McCoy overcame a slow start by throwing two perfect touchdown passes in the third quarter to turn a 10-7 halftime deficit into a 21-10 lead. Ross did the rest, following his head's up play with a pair lobbed it up the right sideline for Blythe. We've seen that pattern a thousand times the past three years. And we've seen Blythe push off on 500 of them.

This time, he got caught. It happens. Momentum-killer? No question. Buzz-killer? No way. That honor goes to Maurice Purify, the Husker wideout whose over-the-shoulder catch in the end zone with 3 seconds left in the second quarter gave the visitors a 20-7 lead.

Or quarterback Zac Taylor, the best signal-caller not named Chase in the North Division, who completed 17-of-21 throws and whose strike to Purify beat a cornerback blitz by a kitten's whisker. Don't blame officials for ISU loss, point to run-happy Huskers and QB Taylor KEELER. from Page 1C either. Bad calls are like bad days: They're not preordained by Big 12 commissioner Kevin Weiberg. They just happen.

Random acts of a life unfair. So stop gnashing your teeth over whether Austin Flynn was or was not juggling the ball in the far corner of the end zone midway through the third period. "I thought I had the foot down," Flynn said. "The referee thought I was bobbling the ball. I know I wasn't." And ne'er the twain.

Look, no one in pinstripes did the hosts any favors. But the side judge wasn't whispering in Dan 1 bj i i iiwiiiiaj Mwil.iVyi ANDREA MELEN0EZ THE REGISTER Cyclones quarterback Bret Meyer (7) gets a slap on the head by teammate Jon Davis (81)..